OUR PROGRAMS

WIDOWS AND ORPHANS PROGRAM

Under this program, the church has paid school fees for orphans, provides Sunday school facility for the children, supported single family homes with foodstuffs, clothes and met their pressing financial needs. The church also supports Karibaribi Future Hope Children’s Orphanage.

YOUTH PROGRAM

The church has engaged the youth in the worship ministry, build a recreational basket ball facility and provided a TV for access to Christian movies. It holds worship services and keshas where the youth are able to attend and enhance their spiritual growth. It has also involved the youth in evangelical missions.

COMMUNITY NEEDS PROGRAM

The church has been engaged in providing clothes and foodstuffs to the needy within the surrounding community, visitations to the sick, elderly and new mothers. It also holds Christmas and Easter celebrations in the church where it provides meals and treats to the surrounding community.

SPIRITUAL NEEDS MINISTRY

The Pastor has been keen on family ministry and has made numerous visitations to the homes of families in the area in addition to the Sunday church services, weekly prayer meetings and monthly keshas. In addition, the Pastor is often called upon to participate and officiate in funeral services, weddings and other family occasions of congregants. The Pastor occasionally preaches on radio (one of the kikuyu stations), is often invited to be a guest speaker at other churches, and also invites other Pastors to the church as well. One of the elders Mrs. Murimi, has been a guest speaker at Mt Kenya University’s, (Thika branch) Christian union meetings, amongst other functions.

ENDO SISTERS EAST AFRICA

The church has noted that a number of young girls seem to experience very painful monthly cycles. Specifically, one of the church’s members suffers from Endometriosis which is also associated with painful and very heavy menstruation. Given the lack of information on the disease, the church thought it necessary to start awareness training and formed Endo (derived from endometriosis) support groups to assist sufferers with information as well as direct them to medical facilities for diagnosis and treatment. On a broader level, the GPC is engaged in information dissemination and collaboration with like minded partners in Endometriosis advocacy.

This program also has a biblical foundation as it is based on the woman with the issue of blood as in fact some biblical researchers believe that she too suffered from endometriosis (Mathew 9:20-22). It is indeed a very isolating disease that causes sufferers to be in pain and discomfort for a long time as we see from the story. It is for this reason that the support groups are based on Christian counseling and are intended to give women hope of God’s goodness and power, in addition to sharing experiences and linking sufferers to medical experts on the disease.

The program primarily aims to target school going and University girls who are at an age where symptoms of the disease have started to manifest.

Specifically, the school girls are at an age where they are dealing with so much physiological and emotional changes and this sickness for those afflicted, is an unwelcome burden. The University girls are at an age where they are developing relationships that may lead to marriage and starting of families. In both instances, obtaining an early diagnosis, will be beneficial in terms of management of the disease and improving quality of life. Endometriosis is also a major cause of infertility and early diagnosis enables a woman to make an informed choice when planning for her family.

For more information and collaboration please write to us on endosisters@gpchurch.or.ke